Improvement in vehicle-hubs



E. BALL.

I Vehicle-Huh.

N0. 168,210. PatentedSept-.28,1875,

I WITNESSES Mb lNVE 212% I ATTORNEYS NJETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRMHER.WASHINGTON. D C.

lvrrnn STATES PATENT EPHBAIM BALL,'OF GLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNORTO THE GLARKS- VILLE IRON WAGON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEH lCLE-HUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,210, datedSeptember 28, 1875; application filed March 6, 1875.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EPHRAIM BALL, ofGlarksville, in the county of Montgomery and in the State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels forVehicles; and dohereby declare vehicles, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is an end view of my hub, partly in transverse section. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section of the same.

A represents the hub, and B the spokes. The spokes are made ofwrought-iron orsteel, and laid in the mold, so as to be cast solid inthe hub A. Through the hub is passed a pipe-box, G, and held therein bymeans of a set-screw, a. This pipe-box projects beyond both ends of thehub sufficiently far to receive a wrought-iron band, D, at each end.

These wrought-iron bands may be either shrunk on the pipe-box or screwedon.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the front band screwed on, and the back bandshrunk on; but either mode may be used, as may be deemed of mostadvantage.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the hub A, box 0, with wrought-iron bands D D, andthe metallic spokes B, cast solid in the hub, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this30th day of January, 1875;

EPHRAIM BALL. Witnesses:

A. HOWELL, G. L. ALLEY.

